The Château de Varennes of Beaujolais-Villages of Beaujolais

Château de Varennes
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 39 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais-Villages in the region of Beaujolais

The Château de Varennes is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Beaujolais-Villages to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Varennes wines

Looking for the best Château de Varennes wines in Beaujolais-Villages among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Varennes wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château de Varennes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château de Varennes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Varennes

How Château de Varennes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of succulent and easy to make beef lasagna, sauté of doe stroganoff or lentils and morteau sausages.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Varennes

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Varennes.

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Beaujolais-Villages

Beaujolais Villages is the appellation for red, white and rosé wines from an area of 38 villages in the northern Beaujolais. The hilly terrain and granitic soil are considered superior to the flatter land of southern Beaujolais. As a result, Beaujolais Villages wines are considered to be of higher quality than those of the simple Beaujolais appellation. These juicy, light wines are based largely on the Gamay Grape.

They have a variety of red fruit and spice characters. Most of the wines at this level are made by semi-carbonic Maceration, called traditional maceration here. A small proportion of Chardonnay, Aligoté, Melon de Bourgogne, Pinot Gris or Pinot Noir is allowed in the blend. These grape varieties must not represent more than 15% of the total Vineyard area.

The top pink wines of Château de Varennes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Varennes

How Château de Varennes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Araignan

Araignan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (south of France). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. Araignan blanc is found in the vineyards of Provence and Corsica.

The top white wines of Château de Varennes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Varennes

How Château de Varennes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ham with leek fondue, sea bream with sweet spices or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Varennes.

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Varennes

Planning a wine route in the of Beaujolais-Villages? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de Varennes.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.